Henry Warren Rogers

Henry Warren Rogers (1831-1915) was an American architect practicing during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Henry Warren Rogers
BornNovember 20, 1831[1]
Lynn, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 30, 1915[1]
Lynn, Massachusetts
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsFabens Building; Swampscott Fish House; Lynn Realty Company Buildings

Early life and career

Henry W. Rogers was born November 20, 1831 in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Warren and Elizabeth (Potter) Rogers. He attended the public schools of Lynn and Marshfield, to which town his family moved in 1841. In 1846[1] he was apprenticed to Isaac Waterman, a shipbuilder of Medford, Massachusetts.[2] In 1853 he instead took up housebuilding, and returned to Lynn in 1855. For some years he was employed as a foreman by Nehemiah Lee.[1] Being responsible for the design of many of the buildings he built, he gradually turned to architecture. In 1879 he formally abandoned carpentry and opened an architect's office in Lynn.[1] By 1882 he had associated himself with his elder son, Hamilton Everett Rogers. After the death of the elder Rogers, Hamilton E. Rogers continued to practice under his father's name until 1917.[3] His own death occurred on December 30, 1920.[4]

Personal life

Rogers was first married to Caroline Augusta Bates (1834-1875) in 1854. She died in 1875, and he remarried in 1880, to Olive Ann Randall (1847-1938) of North Berwick, Maine. Rogers had three children, all with Caroline Augusta: Henrietta Eunice (1855-1919), Hamilton Everett (1857-1920) and Clarence Abel Rogers (1859-1941). Both sons followed him into the architecture profession. Henry Warren Rogers died January 30, 1915.[1]

Rogers was a descendant of one John Rogers, who immigrated to Marshfield, Massachusetts from England in 1635, aboard the "Hercules".[1]

Legacy

At least four of Rogers' works have been individually listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and others contribute to listed historic districts.

Rogers and his son were responsible for the design of many buildings built after the Great Fire of 1889. Two from this period, the Fabens and Woodbury Buildings, are considered to be the best examples of the Richardsonian Romanesque style in Lynn.[5][6]

Architectural works
YearProjectAddressCityStateNotesImageReferences
1880Boyden House280 Union StLynnMassachusettsExtant but heavily altered.[7]
1880St. Mary R. C. School30 Pleasant StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lynn Common Historic District in 1992.[8][2][9]
1882House for Joseph E. Hood4 Ash StDanversMassachusetts[10][11]
1884Receiving Tomb,
Swampscott Cemetery		400 Essex StSwampscottMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Swampscott Cemetery in 2013.[12]
1890Fabens Building312 Union StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[5]
1890House for Isaiah Crossman50 Beacon Hill AveLynnMassachusetts[13]
1890Woodbury Building145 Munroe StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985.[6][14]
1891Dagyr Building11 Willow StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985.[6][1][15]
1891Pevear Building501 Washington StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Central Square Historic District in 1985.[6][16]
1892Factories for S. N. Breed & Company647-677 Washington StLynnMassachusettsDemolished.[17]
1892Factory for the Aaron F. Smith Company589 Essex StLynnMassachusetts[18]
1892Tenements for Patrick B. Magrane12-20 Elm and 225-229 S Common StsLynnMassachusetts[19]
1893Rectory for St. Mary R. C. Church8 S Common StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Lynn Common Historic District in 1992.[8][8]
1895Factory for Sawyer & Chase584-598 Washington StLynnMassachusettsDemolished.[20]
1895House for Frances G. Keene11 Grosvenor ParkLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996.[21][22]
1896House for John Cotter15 Harwood StLynnMassachusetts[23]
1896House for Charles E. Forbes34 King StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996.[21][21]
1896House for Henry Warren Rogers30 King StLynnMassachusettsThe architect's own home. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996.[21][21]
1896Laboratory for the Lydia E. Pinkham Manufacturing Company271 Western AveLynnMassachusettsRogers would do other work for the company founded by Lydia E. Pinkham, including a warehouse addition in 1898.[24][25][26]
1896Swampscott Fish House425 Humphrey StSwampscottMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[27]
1897Aborn School409 Eastern AveLynnMassachusetts[28]
1897Cottage for Hannah Wardwell2 Surf StMarbleheadMassachusetts[29][30]
1897House for Byron E. Glover179 Ocean StLynnMassachusetts[31]
1897House for Stephen B. Howe68 Newhall StLynnMassachusetts[32][33]
1897Clift Rodgers Free Library (former)83 Old Main StMarshfield HillsMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Marshfield Hills Historic District in 2009.[34][35]
1898House for Ernest Dodge6 Rodman StRoslindale, BostonMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Woodbourne Historic District in 1999.[36]
1898Lewis School583 Chestnut StLynnMassachusetts[37]
1900Daily Item Building38 Exchange StLynnMassachusetts[38]
1901Lynn Realty Company Building No. 1190-192 Broad StLynnMassachusettsDemolished.[39]
1902Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2678 Washington StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[40]
1902Lynn Realty Company Building No. 3696 Washington StLynnMassachusettsDemolished.[1][41]
1903Lynn Realty Company Building No. 47 Liberty SqLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as the Vamp Building.[42]
1904St. John the Evangelist R. C. Church174 Humphrey StSwampscottMassachusetts[43]
1907Lynn Realty Company Building No. 6266 Broad StLynnMassachusettsDemolished.[1][44]
1907Lynn Realty Company Building No. 7278 Broad StLynnMassachusettsDemolished.[1][44]
1909House for John R. Donovan26 Peirce RdLynnMassachusetts[45]
1911House for Lloyd G. Lewis87 Ocean StLynnMassachusetts[46]
1915Garage and apartment for Frederick S. Pevear21 Henry AveLynnMassachusetts[47]
1916House for Cornelius J. Shea31 King StLynnMassachusettsListed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Diamond Historic District in 1996.[21][48]
1917Convent for St. Mary R. C. Church32 City Hall SqLynnMassachusetts[49]

References
  1. "Henry Warren Rogers," The Register of the Lynn Historical Society, Lynn, Massachusetts, for the Year 1915 (Lynn, MA: Frank S. Whitten, 1916): 31-32.
  2. Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey, "Rogers, Henry Warren," Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956): 521.
  3. Henry F. Withey and Elsie Rathburn Withey, "Rogers, Hamilton E.," Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased) (Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company, 1956): 520-521.
  4. "Funeral Tomorrow of Hamilton E. Rogers," Boston Daily Globe, January 1, 1921, 2.
  5. Fabens Building NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  6. Central Square Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  7. "LYN.477". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  8. Lynn Common Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1992)
  9. "LYN.523". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  10. American Architect and Building News 12, no. 359 (November 11, 1882): 236.
  11. "DAN.158". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  12. Swampscott Cemetery NRHP Registration Form (2013)
  13. "LYN.1044". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  14. "LYN.415". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  15. "LYN.412". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  16. "LYN.419". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
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  19. "LYN.S". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  20. "LYN.423". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  21. Diamond Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1996)
  22. American Architect and Building News 48, no. 1003 (March 16, 1895): xiv.
  23. American Architect and Building News 53, no. 1076 (August 8, 1896): xvii.
  24. American Architect and Building News 60, no. 1162 (April 2, 1898): xvii.
  25. American Architect and Building News 52, no. 1064 (May 16, 1896): xviii.
  26. "LYN.359". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  27. Swampscott Fish House NRHP Registration Form (1985)
  28. American Architect and Building News 56, no. 1112 (April 17, 1897): xii.
  29. American Architect and Building News 56, no. 1117 (May 29, 1897): xii.
  30. "MAR.1272". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  31. American Architect and Building News 56, no. 1119 (June 5, 1897): 4.
  32. American Architect and Building News 57, no. 1128 (August 7, 1897): 3.
  33. "LYN.587". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  34. Marshfield Hills Historic District NRHP Registration Form (2009)
  35. Lysander Salmon Richards, History of Marshfield (Plymouth, MA: Memorial Press, 1901): 181-182.
  36. Woodbourne Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1999)
  37. "LYN.703". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  38. American Architect and Building News 68, no. 1269 (April 21, 1900): xi.
  39. "LYN.440". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  40. Lynn Realty Company Building No. 2 NRHP Registration Form (1983)
  41. "LYN.717". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  42. Vamp Building NRHP Registration Form (1983)
  43. "SWA.B". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  44. "LYN.437". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  45. "LYN.186". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  46. "LYN.159". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n.d. Web.
  47. American Contractor 36, no. 15 (April 10, 1915): 47.
  48. American Contractor 37, no. 11 (March 11, 1916): 49.
  49. American Contractor 38, no. 18 (May 5, 1917): 66.
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